It was the first hybrid chess Zonal in Asia, conducted by the Zone President Paul Spiller and Oceania Chess Confederation under the auspices of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation. Players could use traditional boards to think over their moves before uploading on their laptop. Full standard time control applied. All were under the watchful eyes of Local Chief Arbiters and overall Zonal Chief Arbiter Dr. Peter Tsai and Deputy Chief Arbiter IM Leonid Sandler.
GMs Anton Smirnov and Temur Kuybokarov, both of Australia, ended up in a tie after the round robin. Watch the coverage of the exciting tie-break on Twitch.
Chief Arbiter Dr. Peter Tsai sent the following report. Chief Technical Arbiter was David Esmonde and games were played on AuNix platform. More than 20 arbiters supervised 8 players. Many hours of Zoom meetings were held before the event. It was the first online armageddon game in hybrid chess. Top two Australian Grandmasters competed and more than 90 percent were decisive games.
2021 Oceania 3.6 Championship Hybrid - 20/03/2021, 28/03/2021 Cross Table Pos N NAME Elo T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Prizes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 Smirnov,Anton 2597 GM AUS 6.5 | * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eq 1st US$1,750 2 4 Kuybokarov,Temur 2530 GM AUS 6.5 | ½ * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eq 1st US$1,750 3 6 Croad,Nic 2316 FM NZL 5.0 | 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 3rd US$1,000 4 7 Prudente,Elmer 1991 CM GUM 3.5 | 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 4th US$500 5 5 Sikivou,Taione 1830 CM FIJ 2.5 | 0 0 0 ½ * 0 1 1 6 8 Dabuae,Thubalkain 0 NRU 2.0 | 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 7 2 Resture,Fred 1797 SOL 1.0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 8 1 Salvadora,Angelo 1730 PLW 1.0 | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *
2021 Oceania Zonal 3.6 Playoff
GM Anton Smirnov (AUS)
GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS)
Time Control Round White Score Black
25 min + 10 sec from move 1 8 Kuybokarov 0.5:0.5 Smirnov
9 Smirnov 0.5:0.5 Kuybokarov
10 min + 10 sec from move 1 10 Kuybokarov 0 - 1 Smirnov
11 Smirnov 0 - 1 Kuybokarov
5 min + 3 sec from move 1 12 Smirnov 0.5:0.5 Kuybokarov
13 Kuybokarov 0.5:0.5 Smirnov
Armageddon (W: 5 min B: 4 min) + 2 sec increment after 60 14 Kuybokarov 1 - 0 Smirnov
